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quatrain
Sign in to saveA quatrain is a type of stanza, or a complete poem, consisting of four lines.
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- Instance of
- classification scheme
- Part of
- poetry
- Followed by
- cinquain
- Follows
- tercet
- Has parts of class
- verse
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- Quatrain poetry
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- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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A quatrain is a type of stanza, or a complete poem, consisting of four lines.
Existing in a variety of forms, the quatrain appears in poems from the poetic traditions of various ancient civilizations including Persia, Ancient India, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, and China, and continues into the 21st century, where it is seen in works published in many languages.
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